This is the first new post in a while and the last until I return from Army OCS in early March.
There are eight of us going from Utah to Ft. McClellan in Alabama. Its a straight shot west of Atlanta just over the state line. I finished "Zero" phase here in Utah which consisted of 3 drills, one a month, to prepare us for Phase one, two, three.
Phase one is just under 2 weeks long and is pretty much there to sift out the people that don't really want to be there. During phase one we will learn about land navigation with a map and compass. There will be a day time course and a night time course we have to complete on our own. Land nav is what sends a large portion of the people home because they fail the course. After the first 2 weeks of phase one comes phase 2.
Phase two is 4 weeks of PT training, classroom work, ruck marches (back packing yay!!) and the TAC's (mean guys in black hats) are not as nasty as they were in phase one.
Phase three is two weeks long and we spend the entire time out in the field in tents or in a hole. Phase 3 is all about battle drills, tactics, decision making, and learning how to react to certain enemy tactics. The TAC's are pretty much only around to answer questions and guide us. Phase 3 ends with a confidence course and combat swim with full gear.
I come home march 8th and we will usually commision 30 days or so after we get back. So I'll pin on around my birthday. Fun huh?!
I will get my address out to Mom and Dad as I can.
There are eight of us going from Utah to Ft. McClellan in Alabama. Its a straight shot west of Atlanta just over the state line. I finished "Zero" phase here in Utah which consisted of 3 drills, one a month, to prepare us for Phase one, two, three.
Phase one is just under 2 weeks long and is pretty much there to sift out the people that don't really want to be there. During phase one we will learn about land navigation with a map and compass. There will be a day time course and a night time course we have to complete on our own. Land nav is what sends a large portion of the people home because they fail the course. After the first 2 weeks of phase one comes phase 2.
Phase two is 4 weeks of PT training, classroom work, ruck marches (back packing yay!!) and the TAC's (mean guys in black hats) are not as nasty as they were in phase one.
Phase three is two weeks long and we spend the entire time out in the field in tents or in a hole. Phase 3 is all about battle drills, tactics, decision making, and learning how to react to certain enemy tactics. The TAC's are pretty much only around to answer questions and guide us. Phase 3 ends with a confidence course and combat swim with full gear.
I come home march 8th and we will usually commision 30 days or so after we get back. So I'll pin on around my birthday. Fun huh?!
I will get my address out to Mom and Dad as I can.
posted by Adam at 12:20 PM
2 Comments:
how 'bout an update?
Yes son, Mom & Dad recognize this stuff from Canterbury Tales. Mom had read it but Dad can recite the entire thing in Old English. Dad is the very very best. Reciting the prologue has given your father his station in the line of manhood. When you can recite it, then you too will be a man too with a station. (We don't really know what Mom is saying here.)
Dad
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